Hello, i'm a forum admin and have trouble with a PHP announcement. I have a member message displayed on my forum homepage directed to guests as well as unregistered users. After a guest registers, I want the welcome message to disappear as I have already gotten a member to register and members do not need to see the message again. What script do I need to make the message appear only for unregistered guest? Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.
Set a cookie upon registration, but make sure you set it before any html is sent. You might have your code that completes the registration on that page, and it's okay unless it sends output before the cookie is sent <?php setcookie('registered','1',time()+60*60*24*365,'/'); ?> <html>HTML for page goes here. Thanks for registering</html> PHP: Now on the home page with the guest message <?php if(!$_COOKIE['registered']) { ?> Message to unregistered users <?php } ?> PHP:
Thanks a lot, its going to take some time to figure it out...lol.. not as easy as I thought it would be.. I messed up, but now I think I have it.....lol..
Is there any way you can simplify these direction, that would really help. I don't know what precisely goes where.....thanks..
here's the code with the guest message, as well as some advertisements that I want to only be displayed to members who are not logged in and I want them to only be visible when a member is not logged in. Thanks!
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